Cormier Road construction set to begin next week | Streetwise

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ASHWAUBENON - Cormier Road's tenure as a bumpy road will last less than a year.

If you're like Streetwise, you noticed the utility work done last year on Cormier between Ashland Avenue and South Oneida Street left the road in rough shape. Maybe not Webster Avenue "rough," but still a bumpy ride for the roughly 7,200 vehicles that travel this stretch of Cormier daily, per Wisconsin DOT figures.

Well, construction crews will finish the job beginning April 22. Reconstruction of Cormier from Ashland to Oneida is expected to be completed by Sept. 13. The road will feature four lanes of traffic (two eastbound, two westbound), a central turn lane and outside lanes wide enough for cyclists, though they will not be striped as bike lanes.

Here's a tentative project breakdown and details contractors and Ashwaubenon village staff shared with a handful of business owners and residents Monday evening:

April 22 to May 13 - Reconstruction of Ashland, frontage road intersections with Cormier.

May 13 to July 29 - Eastbound lanes closed for construction. Only one lane of westbound traffic will be open during this phase. Eastbound traffic should detour via Holmgren Way, Pilgrim Way and Ashland Avenue.

July 29 to Sept. 13 - Eastbound lanes open and construction shifts to westbound lanes. One lane of traffic will be open in each direction.

Pedestrian access to sidewalks will be maintained, though contractors advise you to plan alternate routes for safety's sake.

The village's yard waste drop-off site will be accessible throughout the project.

Ashwaubenon resident Diane Mier said utility reconstruction that closed Cormier last year "wasn't as bad as we thought" and said alternate routes are easy enough during construction.